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Deceptive Snout

Hypena deceptalis

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 30, February 31, March 49, April 95, May 183, June 137, July 153, August 77, September 61, October 50, November 31, December 28.
United States2,506
Canada1,012
Ontario766
New York598
Michigan239
Quebec205
Vermont196
Massachusetts168
New Hampshire139
Ohio118

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyUnderwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths · Erebidae
GenusHypena

Sources

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Practise Deceptive Snout with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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